Dec 17, 2009
During the 1920’s Brecht established his reputation in Berlin with a series of popular political plays that attacked capitalism. These included The Threepenny Opera (1928) and The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1930). As the National Socialist (Nazi) Party rose to power, he began writing openly Marxist plays, such as The Mother (1932). After Adolf Hitler became chancellor of the country in 1933, Brecht fled to Denmark. In Germany his writings were burned and his citizenship was withdrawn. Although he was a Marxist, Brecht did not...
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